Publications

In addition to the many study-related talks that have been given in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia, the following articles and chapters have been or are about to be published.

1. Berg AT, Testa FM, Levy SR, Shinnar S.  The epidemiology of seizures and epilepsy: past, present, and future.   Neurologic Clinics. 1996;14:383-398.

2. Berg AT, Levy SR, Testa FM, Shinnar S. Classification of childhood epilepsy syndromes in newly diagnosed epilepsy: inter-rater agreement and reasons for disagreement. Epilepsia. 1999;40:439-444.

3. Berg AT, Shinnar S, Levy SR, Testa FM. Newly diagnosed epilepsy in children: Presentation at diagnosis. Epilepsia 1999;40:445-452.

4. Berg AT, Shinnar S, Levy SR, Testa FM. Status epilepticus in children with newly diagnosed epilepsy.  Ann Neurol 1999; 45:618-623.

5. Berg AT, Shinnar S, Levy SR, Testa FM.  Childhood-onset epilepsy with and without preceding febrile seizures.  Neurology 1999;53:1742-1748.

6. Berg AT, Levy SR, Testa FT, Shinnar S.  Treatment of newly diagnosed pediatric epilepsy: a community-based study. Arch Pediatr Adol Med 1999;153:1267-1271.

7. Berg AT, Testa FM, Levy SR, Shinnar S.  Neuroimaging in children with newly diagnosed epilepsy: a community-based study. Pediatrics 2000;106:527-532.

8. Berg AT, Shinnar S, Levy SR, Testa FM, Smith-Rapaport S, Beckerman B.  How well can epilepsy syndromes be identified at diagnosis? Epilepsia 2000; 41: 1269-1275.

9. Berg AT, Shinnar S, Levy SR, Testa, FM, Smith-Rapaport S, Beckerman B.  Defining early outcomes in pediatric epilepsy: the good, the bad, and the inbetween.  Epilepsy Res 2001;43:75-84.

10. Berg AT, Shinnar S, Levy SR, Testa, FM, Smith-Rapaport S, Beckerman B.  Early development of intractable epilepsy in children: a prospective study.  Neurology 2001; 56:1445-1452.

11. Berg AT, Shinnar S, Testa FM, Levy SR, Smith-Rapaport S, Beckerman B.  Two-year remission and subsequent relapse in children with newly diagnosed epilepsy. Epilepsia 2001;42:1553-1562.

12. Berg AT,  Langfitt J, Shinnar S, Vickrey BG, Sperling MR, Walczak T, Bazil C, Pacia SV, Spencer SS. How long does it take for partial epilepsy to become intractable? Neurology 2003; 60:186-190.

13. Berg AT, Blackstone NW.  Of cabbages and kings: perspectives on classification from the field of  systematics.  Epilepsia 2003 44:8-12.

14. Berg AT. Understanding the delay before epilepsy surgery: Who develops intractable focal epilepsy and when?  CNS Spectrums 2004;9:136-144.

15. Berg AT, Lin J, Ebrahimi N,Testa FM, Levy SR, Shinnar S.  Modeling remission and relapse in pediatric epilepsy: application of a Markov process.  Epilepsy Research 2004; 60: 31-40.

16. Berg AT, Smith, SN, Frobish D, Beckerman B, Levy SR, Testa FM, Shinnar S.
    Diagnosed epilepsy: influences of etiology, syndrome, and seizure control.  Pediatrics 2004;114:645-650.

17. Berg AT, Shinnar, Testa FM. Levy SR, Frobish D, Susan S, Beckerman B.   Status Epilepticus after the initial diagnosis of epilepsy in children.  Neurology 2004:63;1027-1034.

18. Berg AT, Shinnar S, Testa FM, Levy SR, Smith SN, Beckerman B.  Mortality in Childhood Onset Epilepsy. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2004:158;1147-1152.

19. Berg,  AT, Smith SN, Frobish D, Levy SR, Testa FM, Beckerman B, Shinnar S. Special education needs in children with newly diagnosed epilepsy. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2005; 47:749-753.

20. Berg AT.  Defining intractable epilepsy.  in Blume WT, Carlen PL, Starrveld E, Wiebe S, Young GB.  Intractable Epilepsies.  Advances in Neurology, Vol 97.  Lippincott Williams&Wilkins 2006, Phildelphia, pp:5-10.

21. Berg AT.  Epidemiological aspects of epilepsy. in Wyllie E, The treatment of epilepsy: principles and practice, 4th edition. 2006  Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore 109-116.

22. Berg AT, Spencer SS. What is the best way to measure outcome?   In Miller JW and Silberg DL (eds).  Epilepsy surgery: principles and controversies. 2006 Taylor&Francis, New York  633-638.

23. Berg AT, Kelly M.  Defining intractability: Comparisons among published definitions Epilepsia 2006;47:431-436.

24. Berg AT, Vickrey BG, Testa FM, Levy SR, Shinnar S, DiMario F, Smith S. How long does it take epilepsy to become intractable: a prospective study.  Ann Neurol 2006:60:73-79.

25. Berg AT.  Vaccines, encephalopathies, and mutations. Epilepsy Currents 2007:7;40-42.

26. Berg AT, Vickrey BG, Testa FM, Levy SR, Shinnar S, DiMario F.  Behavior and social competency in children with idiopathic and cryptogenic epilepsy.  Dev Med Child Neurol (in press).